Canada Government Workers Strike Over Pay to Offset Inflation

Public-sector labor dispute emerges at delicate time as central bank seeks slower wage growth to further curb inflation

Public Service Alliance of Canada workers on strike Wednesday in Kingston, Canada. Photo: lars hagberg/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

OTTAWA—About 150,000 Canadian government workers went on strike early Wednesday, in a dispute over wage increases that could have implications on efforts by the country’s central bank to sharply slow inflation.

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